the color hot pink, otters, being greatful for what I have, laughing at me and you and that guy, having a radical boyfriend who rocks my world, asking questions, being kind, wearing huge earrings, saving the world, having The Best Hair, being sassy, perfect storage solutions, chatting, my iphone, surprising people, clouds, READING all the time, daydreaming about smoking while not doing it, being the smartest person in the world, clothes that make me feel good about myself, writing, not being afraid of the tough stuff. punching cancer in the crotch. seriously, cancer, screw you.
I'd like to meet:
bill murray, anthony hopkins, john cleese, ian mckellan, steve martin, paul reubens, hugh grant, vince vaughn. mostly totoro, though. or a polar bear i can snuggle with. but mostly totoro.people who believe in magic. people who've experienced REAL miracles. my mom, in some form of afterlife.
Music:
oh, i dunno. otis redding. death from above 1979. the soundtracks to 'chocolat,' 'hairspray,' and '2046.' npr. clap your hands say yeah. sister rosetta tharpe. cat power. wham! marvin gaye and tammi terrell - 'ain't no mountain high enough.' books on cd. interpol. elliot smith. the spice girls. (did i stutter?) kool keith. abba. death cab. depeche mode. alkaline trio. nick drake. michael jackson. rocky votolato. justin timberlake. you know, the usual.
Movies:
royal tenenbaums, office space, old school, west side story, sixteen candles, fight club, out of sight, charlie's angels, ladyhawk, french kiss, drop dead fred, galaxy quest, about a boy, amelie, futuristic movies like the fifth element, everything by miyazaki, but especially my neighbor totoro, spirited away, porco rosso and nausica of the valley of the winds, anything with bill murray. i like to watch movies over and over and over again.
Television:
tv on dvd. the west wing, deadwood, oz, the west wing, the office, the family guy, the west wing, the dog whisperer, heroes, dexter. i hate commercials, though i love previews, which are pretty much the same thing. weird.the longer i am away from tv, the more i feel like it is quite possibly the root of all our problems as a society. if everyone cared as much about their neighbors as they do about those retards on 'survivor,' maybe we'd have a real, functioning democracy, not to mention universal health care and a living wage.you know what show i miss? the x-files. man, when that show was good, it was fucking GOOD, you know?i like to watch 5 episode of the west wing, one after another. i wish jed bartlet was our president.
Books:
shogun, smila's sense of snow, the jungle book, the wheel of time series, roots, gone with the wind, harry potter (esp. numbers 4, 6 and 7), jonathan lethem, dune, romance novels by amanda quick and johanna lindsey, lonesome dove, extremely loud and incredibly close, winter's tale (by mark helprin, not shakespeare), carter beats the devil, jonathan strange and mr. norrell, special theories in calamity physics, margaret atwood, stephen king, especially the stand and the dark tower series, lolita, clive barker, david mitchell (black swan green and cloud atlas.) comic books like hellblazer, books of magic, preacher, y: last man standing and sandman. you know what book really sucked? uncle tom's cabin.
Heroes:
four be the things i am wiser to know: idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.
dorothy parker, mlk jr., noam chomsky, pamela anderson, madonna, thurgood marshall, ralph nader.
people who manifest miracles in their lives, who don't believe conventional wisdom and do things their own way. people who laugh so hard they cry.
people who want to both slap the world and hold it like a baby.
people on the path. you know what path i mean. THE path.
